Originally Posted by narvik

Shared elsewhere already:

"The U.S. and China will approve twice the number of passenger flights currently permitted for air carriers to fly between the two countries, the Biden administration said on Friday, in a rare sign of cooperation between the world's largest two economies.The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) said it would will increase the number of Chinese passenger flights allowed to fly to the U.S. to 18 weekly round-trips on Sept. 1 and increase that to 24 per week starting Oct. 29 , up from the current 12."
https://www.reuters.com/business/aer...es-2023-08-11/


"United to Resume Beijing Flying; Reintroduces Daily Service to Shanghai
United today announces it will resume daily flying between San Francisco and Beijing this November and will increase flying to Shanghai with daily flights from San Francisco, starting October 1, 2023."
https://www.united.com/en/us/newsroo.../cision-125284